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Dying to Tell the Story

This documentary studies the motivations of journalists dedicated enough to risk their lives for a story. We follow narrator Amy Eldon on a personal journey to find meaning in the death of her older brother, 22-year-old Reuters photographer Dan Eldon. Dan was among a group of five journalists attacked by a mob during the Somali famine in 1993; he and three others were stoned to death. As she interviews other journalists and the sole surviving witness to Dan's death, we see her attain the peace she sought.

Top Cast

  • Amy Eldon

    Amy Eldon

    Self / Narrator / Interviewer

  • Christiane Amanpour

    Christiane Amanpour

    Self

  • Christian Bale

    Christian Bale

    Narrator / Dan Eldon (uncredited) (voice)

  • Corrine Dufka

    Corrine Dufka

  • Jacqueline Arzt Larma

    Jacqueline Arzt Larma

  • Peter Magubane

    Peter Magubane

  • Carlos Mavroleon

    Carlos Mavroleon

Overview

This documentary studies the motivations of journalists dedicated enough to risk their lives for a story. We follow narrator Amy Eldon on a personal journey to find meaning in the death of her older brother, 22-year-old Reuters photographer Dan Eldon. Dan was among a group of five journalists attacked by a mob during the Somali famine in 1993; he and three others were stoned to death. As she interviews other journalists and the sole surviving witness to Dan's death, we see her attain the peace she sought.

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